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Resurrection is published as a dated novel of courts, prisons, and conscience

In 1899 Resurrection appeared as a dated novel of jury service, prison stages, and moral responsibility. In the causal graph this event weakens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.

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In 1899 Resurrection appeared as a dated novel of jury service, prison stages, and moral responsibility. Proceeds were linked to Dukhobor aid in the public story.

Context

Gutenberg and Tolstoy.ru independently carry the text.

Leo Tolstoy’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Conventional years are 1828–1910. Surviving public files are later museum pages, collected-works sites, and encyclopedias. Tolstoy did not typeset those later pages. Posthumous museums and editions are evidence, not acts.

Why it matters

Justice path via literature. High confidence on the 1899 publication.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Leo Tolstoy

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    He wrote the novel. Serial printers and later English houses issued it.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Resurrection — public-domain English textProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Tolstoy.ru — collected works and estate portalState Tolstoy Museum / Tolstoy.ru · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Tolstoy.ru and Gutenberg independently describe Resurrection as an 1899 public novel.

Established: Resurrection was published in 1899. Not established: a measured fall in wrongful convictions caused by the novel.

Leo Tolstoy did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Resurrection is not I Cannot Be Silent. Keep 1899 off the 1908 hanging letter. Resurrection is not I Cannot Be Silent. Keep 1899 off the 1908 hanging letter.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLeo Tolstoy
  2. contributed toFactResurrection is published as a dated novel of courts, prisons, and conscience
  3. weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Resurrection is published as a dated novel of courts, prisons, and conscience. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/lt-resurrection-1899

https://factrail.ai/facts/lt-resurrection-1899

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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